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Laws of the paranormal

El Greco

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El Greco
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Paranormal mythology seems to have crystallized certain "rules" that all unexplained phenomena somehow seem to obey. I'll start:

- Ghosts always talk in a whispering voice, as if they had a bad case of laryngitis.

- Aliens have big heads and eyes. Alternatively, they look like terribly disfigured dinosaurs.

- Alternative treatments normalize "the flow of vital energy".
 
UFOs, Bigfoot, and ghosts all emit photography-defeating blur rays.
 
Any sort of scientific based testing neutralizes paranormal activity as it is not “scientifically” based.

Paranormal activity can ONLY be sensed by those who already believe it exists.

Natural explanations for paranormal activity are to be rejected if wild illogical supernatural explanations are available.
 
If QM doesn't explain it, nanotechnology and/or vibrations do.
 
The Experimenter Effect explains all failed psi experiments.

Oh, hold on. The last round of Schlitz/Wiseman experiments showed no experimenter effect. Never mind.

~~ Paul
 
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos said:
The Experimenter Effect explains all failed psi experiments.

Oh, hold on. The last round of Schlitz/Wiseman experiments showed no experimenter effect. Never mind.

~~ Paul
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- Any results showing no experimenter effect prove that there was an experimenter effect.
 
Direct questions about their beliefs will be met with evasions, and even attacks.
 
Jon. said:
- Chemicals are bad. All of them.
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I think we need a bit more detail here: there is a substantive difference between chemicals occurring naturally and the same molecules synthesised in the laboratory. Natural = mysterious but automatically beneficial, synthesised = scientists playing god and wreaking havoc. :rolleyes:
 
The validity and puissance of a particular strain of woo is proportional to the claimed age of the strain in question.

Note: It is the claimed age rather than the actual age which applies. If I make something up but claim that it has its roots in Sumeria then it is rendered valid by this claim.
 
malbui said:
I think we need a bit more detail here: there is a substantive difference between chemicals occurring naturally and the same molecules synthesised in the laboratory. Natural = mysterious but automatically beneficial, synthesised = scientists playing god and wreaking havoc. :rolleyes:
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Anything occuring naturally is not a chemical (unless it's been refined in some way, of course).

Nothing "natural" is harmful.
 
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Simple truths of nature can choose to show themselves to some, yet hide themselves from others...

"You have your reality, I have mine."
 
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